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Marriage and the church (John Chrysostom; Bulkeley, An apologie for the religion established in the Church of England, London: Printed by George Eld for Arthur Iohnson, 1608)

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Text: " Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women ..." Daniel 11:37 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;  Forbidding to marry ..." 1 Timothy 4:1-3 Quote: [...] Chrysostome of some women in his time which vnder a profession of virginity liued wickedly, saith thus: Virginitas ista cum viris plus ab omnibus arguitur quàm stuprum ipsum [ Chrysost. tom, 5 quod regulares fæmi. tum viris cohabitant. ]: This virginity of women with men is more reproued of all men then whoredome it selfe. [...] Bulkeley, Edward, An apologie for the religion established in the Church of England: Being an answer to T. W. his 12. Articles of the last edition. in this impression recognized and much enlarged; also answers to three...

Timing of the rise of the Antichrist according to 2 Thes. 2 (Chrysostom, Homilies on 2 Thessalonians; Schaff, A Select library of Nicene and post-Nicene fathers..., 1st ser., 1956, vol. 13)

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Text: "And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:" 2 Thessalonians 2:6-8 Quote: One may naturally enquire, what is that which withholdeth, and after that would know, why Paul expresses it so obscurely. What then is it that withholdeth, that is, hindereth him from being revealed? Some indeed say, the grace of the Spirit, but others the Roman empire, to whom I most of all accede. Wherefore? Because if he meant to say the Spirit, he would not have spoken obscurely, but plainly, that even now the grace of the Spirit, that is the gifts, withhold him. And otherwise he ought now to have come, if he was about to come when the gifts ceased; for th...

Marriage and the church (John Chrysostom; Jewel; Parker Society, ed., The works of John Jewel, 1848, 3rd portion)

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Text: " Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women ..." Daniel 11:37 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;  Forbidding to marry ..." 1 Timothy 4:1-3 Quote:    It is not for nothing that Chrysostom writeth of the vowed or chaste women in his time: Nuptias magis dicere beatas liceat, &c. Posthac melius esset, ne virgines quidem esse, &c. Perseverat adhuc nomen et appellatio rei; at negotium totum in corpore sublatum est, &c. In deliciis magis vivunt quam mulieres in fornice, &c. Frequens et quotidianus est concursus obstetricum ad virginum domos, &c. Virginitas ista cum viris plus ab omnibus arguitur quam stuprum ipsum:  "We may say that marriage is a great deal better (than such...